CDC Report Highlights Rising Drug-Resistant Infections and Deaths

A CDC report estimates 9.7 million US infections and 50,800 deaths from drug-resistant infections, with sharp rises in Candida auris and CRE resistance; C. difficile declined. Changed methods limit direct comparison with 2019. Recent commentary argues for validating existing antimicrobial options as well as pursuing discovery; a review highlights a bottleneck in expressing microbial pathways, but neither offers a new clinical treatment response.